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This entry was posted on March 27th, 2011 at 3:00 pm and is filed under wod.
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16 Responses to “Monday 28 March 2011”

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Was our final session for my Under 15 Soccer boys. We started our pre-season at The Cell back in late January and 10 weeks have already passed by!

Through the 10 weeks I’ve watched the boys start out with poor technique, weak cores and some with a weak mental attitude. They’ve improved under the guidance of Stef, Jason and Storm and its been awe inspiring to see how these young men have pushed themselves through the mental barrier that says “give up” or “you cant do that!” and have their team mates encourage and push them to finish their WOD.

Besides getting fit in the preseason, I’ve focused a lot of our team talks and half time chats around what they’ve done at The Cell and how it can relate to their game day.

How pushing through the last few minutes in a game when they’re tired is in NO comparison to how they pushed and succeeded through the last few minutes of a WOD. Or how looking at something like scaling the rope climb like monkeys was just ridiculous, especially those who were afraid of heights but then having conquered their fear and get up and down as many times as they like thanks to Storm’s Coaching. How important “technique” is when push pressing/dead lifting on a ‘light’ weight, just like passing a ball between two team mates, and then re-iterating the correct technique when things are heavier or when passing a ball is done under pressure!

All of the things the boys have done at The Cell has helped them physically and mentally through their preseason on the pitch. I had no concerns when i first decided that this was the path to take the boys for their fitness side of things and i have no regrets after 10 weeks of training every friday! Im only disappointed that it has already ended!

In relation to the boys, they have all LOVED it. It has brought them out of the comfort zone and those who may not be as ‘technically’ gifted on the pitch, found their groove on the Cell training Floor with hard work and pure determination! To watch them listening carefully, encouraging their mates when the hands are on the knees and then seeing them push that extra rep out or run alongside their mate to ensure that he finishes, is just well…..unexplainable!

Has the training at The Cell improved them physically and got them quicker, stronger and fitter? Check out the little footage of the training weeks they did….watch their form at the start compared to at the end, notice the small changes, the lack of pull ups, the weak cores when doing a push up or the lack of being able to squat past 90degrees and see for yourself……

Thanks again to our unbelievable Cell coaches, Stef, Jason, Storm and Adrian! We’ll have our 2nd fitness test next week and i’ll post the results up here compared to the Test they did before training at the Cell…..

Tonight’s WOD was one of those memorable WODs – you know the ones that mentally & emotionally challenge you but you know some awesome growth is going to come from it. I have a ridiculously, irrational fear of heights. Approaching the rope always makes me want to throw up, cry, hyperventilate, run away! Tonight I climbed the rope on my last round and with less than a metre to go I was overcome with fear. I gave in to the fear and quit, making my descent without finishing it off! 1 metre to go!!! I let it break me! I had the capability of making it the rest of the way, but gave up. Needless to say I was pretty hard on myself. But then the shift happened. I had incredible moral support from the 5:30pm crew and coaches and after chatting it through with them, realised my perspective was focused towards what I didn’t achieve and I paid no attention to what I did achieve. I’m not going to lie, I’m still pissed off about the one metre I didn’t make (and so I should be…I let myself down), but I have a sense of what I did achieve too. Argh! So much growing to do, so much to take away from this experience and learn from. Very special thanks to Jase, Storm, Graeme & Adrian for your encouragement, helping me battle the rope. And very special thanks to Storm, Graeme & Stef for the chat and the clarity.